Direction-indicator.



W. H. MOORE.-

DIRECTION lNlCATOR.

APPLscATlom msn JULY 5, 1916.

Patented Aug. 7, 19T?.

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W. H. MOORE.

masclom INDICATOR.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 5 1916. BQSQ., Patented Aug. i917.

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To all whom 'it may concern: p

Be it known that l, lll-Inman Moose, citizen of the United States,residing at Toledo, in the county of Lucas and State oi Chio, yhaveinvented new and useful lm- .provements in Direction-indicators, oiWhich the following is aspecification.

rl`his invention relates to attachments for automobiles and motorvehicles, of that class Which are known as direction indicators, and theinvention has for its object to produce a simple, effective andthoroughly reliable de vice adapted to be applied to and used inconnection with any ordinary motor vehicle or automobile andwvhich maybe readily manipulated for the purpose of indicating 'to the streettratlic the direction to be taken by the vehicle just previous to makinga turn.

A further object of the invention is to simplify and improve theconstruction and arrangement of vention.

With-these and other ends in view which Will readily appear as thenature of the invent-ion is better understood, the same consists in theimproved construction and novel arrai'igement and combination of partswhichv will be hereinafter fully described and particularly pointed outin the claim.

In the accompanying ydrawings has been illustrated a simple andpreferred form of the invention, it being, however, understood that nolimitation is necessarily made to the precise structural details thereinexhibited, but that changes, alterations and modications Within thescope of the claim may be resorted to when desired.

In the drawingsf Figure 1 is a view in rear elevation of the device asseen from the inside of the vehicle to which it is applied,a portion ofthe casing having been broken away, and one of the indicators beingprojected from its housing.

Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the device,

shovving also a portion of the dash board and a portion of theWindshield on Which the device is mounted.

Fig. e1 is a vertical sectional view taken on the line 4 4 in Fig. 1 andon a larger scale. y

Fig. 5 is a sectional view taken 5 5 in Fig. 1.

Fig. 6 is la vievv inelevation similagjmto on the line Speeiilcaton ofLetters Patent.

parts 'constituting the inj.

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Fig. 1, showing ymodifications whereby the device is connected With thesteering rod and also illuminating devices for the indicater arms. i

Corresponding parts in the several gures are denoted by like charactersof reference.

The dei/ict( of the present invention contemplates the use oi" a casing15 adapted .to be mounted on a dash board 16 of a.j motor vehicle, saidcasing supporting a rock shaft 17 having ahandle 18, said rocllshaftbeing operatively connected With radially'extend ing arins 19, 19.

21, 21 are levers extending through 'the end `walls of the casing 15 andhaving in- Wardlyextending arms that lie in the path of and are adaptedlto be actuated by the arms 19, 19. A spring 20 which is supporteitherone of the levers to be. actuated byl one ci the arms 19, 19 'of therock shaft, the other lever being meanwhile sustained in its normalposition by means or the actuating spring 20.

vousings 22, 22 which are mounted on the end members 23 of the Windshield frame serve to support the indicator arms 24, 24' which arepivoted in said housings on the pivot members 25, 25. Links 26, 26 serveto connect the indicator arms With the outwardly extending arms of thelevers 21, 21', the pivots 27, 27 that connect the links 26, 26', withthe indicator arms being 1c- .cated at a distance from the pivot members1n the modified form of the inventionseenl i in Fig. 6 of the drawings,the rock shaft 17 i is operatively connected by means including Fig. 3is a sectional view taken on the a connecting link 28 with the'steeringrod 29, so'that turning about the axis of the said rod will operate therock sha-ftand cause turned. In said modified form I have also shown theindicator arm provided with an illuminating device, such as anincandescent lamp bulb, included in a circuit the conductors of which,indicated at 30,are connected with contacts 31,the same being adapted tobe in contact at the time when the indicator arm is projected from itshousing. When thus equipped the device will obviously be useful at nightas well as in the day time.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimedv as new, is

In an attachment for automobiles and motor vehicles of the classdescribed, a pair of housings, upright supports such as the side railsof a wind shield frame on which said housings are mounted, said housingshaving openings in the sides thereof, indicator arms pivoted in thehousings, levers sup ported below and extending intermediate the4housings, said levers having spring pressed inwardly extending arms, ahousing into which said arms extend, a rock shaft supported in thehousing and having radial arms engaging the spring pressed arms of thelevers, and link connections between the outwardly extending arms of thelevers and the indicator arms in the housings, wherebyeither one of saidindicator arms may be within its housing.

Aactuated while the other remains supported In testimony whereof I aiiiXmy signature l in presence of two witnesses. 1

`WILLIAM'H. MOORE.

Witnesses: ALBERT E. SCHUNIGHT,

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